Long before buzzwords such as multicultural and biracial arrived on the scene, the Jim Crow era "One-Drop Rule" determined who was colored in America. Mike Enrico spent the first 23 years of his life in Hobart, Indiana, as its only black resident. While most of his peers took their ethnicity for granted, Mike had to come up with explanations for his appearance, for being adopted, as well as answers to the often asked question: "What are you?" Face It, You're Black! will appeal to anyone who wants to understand or who is struggling to blend into a color-obsessed society.

In 1958 Indiana, interracial marriage is against the law. A baby boy is born in secrecy to an unknown black man and a nineteen-year-old white girl named Anita. The child is quickly placed in foster care to prevent a scandal. A newlywed white couple adopts the boy, naming him Michael, along with two other children, both white and unrelated, and move to a nearby town called Hobart. Growing up, Mike realizes he and his family are different. Mike's father, Frikk, is an overweight diabetic with a short fuse, who yells at the neighbors from the porch calling them hillbillies. Mike's mother, Tillie, tries her best to keep the family together. Despite his popularity and guitar playing skill, Mike's racial predicament begins to feel like a curse. Bigots taunt him at high school beer parties, and his Negroid features seem to intimidate the girls who only want him as a friend. Mike's buddies can't understand his loneliness, so they tease him and brag about their sexual exploits. Mike wants to get out of Hobart, but when, and how?

In Face It, You're Black! Mike Enrico shares his poignant, yet often amusing recollections on family, race, no sex, and rock & roll. Mike lives in New York City with his wife Pamela and their fourteen-year-old turtle, Benito.